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Issue: Adventure Comics #259
Publication Date: April 1959
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Issues: #259 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/26/1959
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 16 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.; digest (5" x 6.75") (#491-503)
Paper Stock: glossy cover (#32-490); cardstock cover (#491-503); newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#390, 416, 491-503)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Blind Boy of Steel!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Krypto
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Pages: 1
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First Line: Toys! Tricks! Surprises! Galore
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Blind Boy of Steel!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Krypto; Superboy robots; Lana Lang; Ma Kent; Pa Kent
Synopsis: A freak bolt of lightning strikes a meteor containing kryptonite, catching Superboy in the blast and giving him diamond vision which he can't turn off, so he must keep his eyes shut at all times.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperboy Annual #1 published January 1964
as The Blind Boy of Steel! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagColossal Comic #35 published November 1965
as The Blind Boy of Steel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #8/1970 published August 1970
as Den blinde Superboy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12.67
Disclose Notes: Includes 6-panel recap of Krypto's origin.
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First Line: There was a weight lifter names Lane.
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Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: He's up there without a net.
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Action Comics; Supergirl
First Line: Introducing the girl of steel!
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The Octopus Man!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Roland Peters
Synopsis: Roland Peters has constructed a brain-wave transmitter and is experimenting on illegally captured sealife when Aquaman arrives and releases his finny friends. Getting in a lucky shot, Peters knocks out Aquaman, and decides to give his device a real test run by transferring Aquaman's mind to different fish.
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Pages: 5.67
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First Line: There once was an archer named Park.
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What's Your B.Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, opinion
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Disclose Notes: Editorial replies include plugs for Supergirl's upcoming first appearance and the Aquaman origin story coming up in Adventure 260. Letters from Marc S. Mayer, Margie Bliss, William Hughes, Martin Balaban, David Herman, Rita Castle, Bobby Strauss, and Steven Coe.
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The Green Arrow's Mystery Pupil

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Crimson Archer [Hector Vance; Herb Vraney] (intro); Arrow-Car
Synopsis: Millionaire Hector Vance offers a million dollars to charity if Green Arrow will teach him archery. Shortly after the archery lessons stop, The Crimson Archer starts a crime spree and GA learns that Hector Vance is really underworld kingpin Herb Vraney.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld's Finest Comics #154 published December 1965
as The Green Arrow's Mystery Pupil [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagColossal Comic #36 published February 1966
as The Green Arrow's Mystery Pupil [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: Green Arrow #1 published March 2006
as The Green Arrow's Mystery Pupil [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6.67
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First Line: There once was a rocket ship ace...
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First Line: Free! Rare combination - giant collection
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First Line: Do you want spending money?
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First Line: How to gain up to 50 lbs. of mighty muscles!
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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First Line: Make money get prizes with fast selling American Seeds
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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